Advanced Relational Programming

Advanced Relational Programming by F. Cacace, G. Lamperti.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cacace, F. (Author), Lamperti, G. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1996.
Edition:1st ed. 1996.
Series:Mathematics and Its Applications ; 371
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Natural language processing (Computer science).
Programming languages (Electronic computers).
Data structures (Computer science).
Software engineering.
Computer science—Mathematics.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Brief History of Database Technology
  • 1.2. The Relational Approach
  • 1.3. Data-Intensive Application Domains
  • 1.4. Requirements of New Data-Intensive Applications
  • 2. Overview Of Recent Evolution In Database Technology
  • 2.1. Semantic Data Models
  • 2.2. Functional Data Models
  • 2.3. Temporal Databases
  • 2.4. Extended Relational Databases
  • 2.5. Deductive Databases
  • 2.6. Object-Oriented Databases
  • 2.7. Active Databases
  • 3. Theory Of The Nested Relational Model
  • 3.1. The Relational Data Model
  • 3.2. Relational Algebra
  • 3.3. Relational Calculus
  • 3.4. Nested Relational Data Model
  • 3.5. Extended Relational Algebra
  • 3.6. Equivalence of Extended Relational Algebra Expressions
  • 3.7. Extended Relational Calculus
  • 3.8. Expressive Power: Comparing Algebra and Calculus
  • 3.9. Taxonomy of Nested Relations
  • 3.10. Further Extensions to the Nested Relational Model
  • 4. Algres, An Extended Relational Database Programming Language
  • 4.1. A Tour of Aigres
  • 4.2. Rationale of Aigres Design
  • 5. Programming In Algres
  • 5.1. Constants, Identifiers, and Objects
  • 5.2. Groups and Persistency
  • 5.3. Operations
  • 5.4. The Quantification Mechanism
  • 5.5. Input-Output
  • 5.6. Control structures and blocks
  • 5.7. Subprograms
  • 5.8. Links
  • 5.9. Built in functions
  • 5.10. Program Structure
  • 6. Alice, The Application Program Interface Of Algres
  • 6.1. A Tour of Alice
  • 6.2. Guidelines for Writing Alice Programs
  • 6.3. Programming in Alice
  • 7. Algraph, The Graphical Interface Of Algres
  • 7.1. Graphical Display
  • 7.2. Graphical Read
  • 7.3. Motif Interface for Input-Output
  • 7.4. Schema Editor
  • Appendix A: Syntax Of Algres
  • Appendix B: Syntax Of Alice Operators
  • Appendix C: Algres And Alice Keywords
  • Appendix D: Installing And Using The Algres System
  • Getting a Free Copy of the Aigres System
  • Installing Aigres
  • Using Aigres Commands
  • Compiling and Executing Aigres Programs
  • Compiling and Executing Alice Applications
  • Editing Aigres Objects.

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